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J. 'Wi vtt-SMITH, .or CANToN, MissoURI.A

Letters Patent No. 87,214, dated Feb/rua/ry 23,l 1869.

IMPROVED CAR-BRAKE.

To'all whom it ma/y concern:

Beit known that l, J. W. W. SMITHof Canton, in the county of Lewis, and State of Missouri, have vinvented a new and useful Improvement in Oar-Brakes;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,- whieh will enable others skilled in the art to make and-use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-brakes, whereby it is designed, by the employment of a cylindel-,having a tapered hole throughit longitudinally'` and fitted to an axle having a corresponding taper, to provide a simple and effective brake, the said cylinder beingl provided with means for sliding on the said tapered shaft, so as to cause it to adhere by the frictional contact therewith, and rotate with it, thereby winding up cords or chains attached to the brakes, or to free it from the said frictional contact.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional elevation of a car with my improved brake attached, and

Figure 2 represents a transverse section ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents a cylinder, having a tapered axial bore, to fit the correspondingly-tapered axle B.

C represents a slide, arranged in atransverse groove in the bottom of the car, and provided with teeth, by which itis moved to and fro in the said groove, by a system of gear-wheels, D, opelated from a brake-shaft,

E, rising up from the floor of the carin the usual manner.

Projecting downwardfrom the slide C, and taking der is moved with the slide, one way or the other, on'

the shaft.

Chains or ropes may be attached tothe cylinder'and to the brakes, which may be of ordinary or any pre= fel-red construction.

.When it is desired to bring them into action, the cyli inder may be movedvon the shaft, toward the largest end, until the frictional contact of the two is such as to cause the cylinder to move with the shaft with suflicient force to actuate them, and they may be thrown out of action bymoving the cylinder in the opposite direction.

I do not desire to ylimit myself to the arrangement of means herein shown for moving the said cylinder, as various obvious plans may be adopted to accomplish the same.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, 'and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a tapered axle, of a Acylinder, arranged thereon, and combined with the brakes and with a means for sliding the cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the cylinder A, of the slide C, provided with the arms F, taking into the grooves of the same, and with the system of gearing for sliding it, substantially as, and for the purpose described.

' J. W. W. SMITH.

Witnesses:

L. C. BnvANs, W. A. MCKIM. 

